Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master: Pong, Atari, and the Dawn of the Video Game
Author: David Kushner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 A deep, nostalgic dive into the advent of gaming, Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master returns us to the emerging culture of Silicon Valley. At the center of this graphic history, dynamically drawn in colors inspired by old computer screens, is the epic feud that raged between Atari founder Nolan Bushnell and inventor Ralph Baer for the title of "father of the video game." While Baer, a Jewish immigrant whose family...